West Bromwich Albion vs Birmingham City: Match guide and preview

Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 29.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns

It's advantage West Bromwich Albion so far with their 4th position in the Championship table, welcoming Birmingham City who are placed 13th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have played 19 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for West Bromwich Albion in their previous game, a Championship match away at Brentford (placed 14th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Swansea City.

West Bromwich Albion can score goals in their home matches. After 19 matches they have found the net 41 times. On the other hand, West Bromwich Albion have conceded 25 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Birmingham City who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Bristol City was the last time a defeat was avoided. Birmingham City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Birmingham City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Preston North End (placed 7th). A loss against Millwall was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Birmingham City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 19 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Birmingham City have conceded 29 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Birmingham City - West Bromwich Albion 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): West Bromwich Albion won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Birmingham City has 2 wins.

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Birmingham City missing players

West Bromwich Albion Birmingham City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
100% 100% Over 0.5 84% 89%
84% 95% Over 1.5 68% 71%
55% 58% Over 2.5 47% 50%
37% 42% Over 3.5 32% 34%
24% 32% Over 4.5 5% 11%
66% 79% Both teams to score 47% 53%
21% 16% Clean Sheet 32% 26%
13% 5% Failed To Score 37% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 38 23 9 6 77 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 19 10 7 2 36 19 29 78
2 Sheffield United 38 22 8 8 64 34 19 13 3 3 35 13 19 9 5 5 29 21 30 74
3 Leeds United 38 22 7 9 63 39 19 12 3 4 32 16 19 10 4 5 31 23 24 73
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 10 9 72 48 19 8 7 4 41 25 19 11 3 5 31 23 24 67
5 Middlesbrough 37 15 13 9 40 31 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 8 7 4 21 17 9 58
6 Aston Villa 38 14 15 9 68 54 19 8 8 3 44 32 19 6 7 6 24 22 14 57
7 Preston North End 38 15 12 11 58 50 19 7 9 3 34 24 19 8 3 8 24 26 8 57
8 Derby County 37 15 11 11 46 44 19 9 7 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 21 26 2 56
9 Bristol City 36 15 10 11 45 38 19 7 6 6 22 19 17 8 4 5 23 19 7 55
10 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 13 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 19 6 5 8 21 29 -3 55
11 Nottingham Forest 38 13 15 10 52 44 19 10 4 5 27 18 19 3 11 5 25 26 8 54
12 Hull City 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 5 4 10 23 38 -2 51
13 Birmingham City 38 12 14 12 53 49 19 6 8 5 26 20 19 6 6 7 27 29 4 50
14 Brentford 37 13 10 14 60 50 19 11 3 5 40 20 18 2 7 9 20 30 10 49
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 45 46 17 8 4 5 26 20 19 5 4 10 19 26 -1 47
16 Stoke City 38 10 17 11 37 42 19 8 5 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 47
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 11 15 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 4 5 10 26 42 -8 47
18 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 8 18 45 59 19 8 3 8 27 26 19 4 5 10 18 33 -14 44
19 Wigan Athletic 38 10 9 19 41 57 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 39
20 Millwall 37 9 10 18 41 55 18 6 6 6 22 24 19 3 4 12 19 31 -14 37
21 Reading 38 8 13 17 40 56 19 6 4 9 25 29 19 2 9 8 15 27 -16 37
22 Rotherham United 38 7 15 16 40 61 19 6 8 5 27 30 19 1 7 11 13 31 -21 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 23 26 63 19 4 4 11 12 28 19 3 4 12 14 35 -37 29
24 Ipswich Town 38 3 15 20 30 62 19 2 10 7 18 25 19 1 5 13 12 37 -32 24

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